Microsoft Certification Job Trends in the South East

Microsoft Certification
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 188 157 175
Rank change year-on-year -31 +18 +18
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 106 105 251
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.73% 1.48% 1.54%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.92% 3.01% 4.53%
Number of salaries quoted 76 87 193
10th Percentile £26,000 £25,750 £21,250
25th Percentile £27,313 £28,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £42,500 £38,250
Median % change year-on-year -25.88% +11.11% +4.79%
75th Percentile £41,875 £55,000 £50,000
90th Percentile £56,250 £85,000 £61,250
England median annual salary £32,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -27.78% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

Microsoft Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the South East.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,635 3,486 5,543
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 25.07% 49.02% 34.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,571 1,536 3,669
10th Percentile £30,250 £31,750 £29,175
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,625 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +7.84% +2.00%
75th Percentile £74,275 £70,000 £66,750
90th Percentile £86,500 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -5.17%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microsoft Certification relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Microsoft Certification job vacancy trend in the South East

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Microsoft Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in the South East over the 6 months to 30 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Certification in the South East

Microsoft Certification
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the South East region over the 6 months to 30 April 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Kent -8 33 £30,000 - 9
Hampshire -15 29 £31,000 -22.50% 10
Thames Valley -29 26 £36,250 -14.71% 13
East Sussex -15 13 £29,000 -65.88% 2
Oxfordshire -12 11 £32,500 +18.18% 3
Buckinghamshire -23 9 £45,000 - 5
Berkshire -6 6 £40,750 -18.50% 5
West Sussex -16 4 £30,000 -1.64% 4
Microsoft Certification
England

Microsoft Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 10 (9.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (4.72%) WordPress
3 2 (1.89%) SharePoint
Applications
1 43 (40.57%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (2.83%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 42 (39.62%) Microsoft 365
2 34 (32.08%) Azure
3 27 (25.47%) AWS
4 10 (9.43%) GitHub
5 8 (7.55%) Entra ID
6 5 (4.72%) Power Platform
7 4 (3.77%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (3.77%) SaaS
8 3 (2.83%) Azure Functions
8 3 (2.83%) Azure Monitor
8 3 (2.83%) Serverless
9 2 (1.89%) GCP
9 2 (1.89%) Google Workspace
9 2 (1.89%) IaaS
9 2 (1.89%) PaaS
10 1 (0.94%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.94%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 1 (0.94%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 13 (12.26%) LAN
2 12 (11.32%) Internet
3 9 (8.49%) WAN
4 8 (7.55%) DNS
4 8 (7.55%) Firewall
5 6 (5.66%) VLAN
5 6 (5.66%) WLAN
6 5 (4.72%) VPN
6 5 (4.72%) Wireless
7 4 (3.77%) DHCP
8 3 (2.83%) SAN
9 2 (1.89%) Remote Desktop
9 2 (1.89%) TCP/IP
10 1 (0.94%) Cisco Wireless
10 1 (0.94%) S/MIME
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (9.43%) SQL Server
2 5 (4.72%) Power BI
3 4 (3.77%) Power Query
4 3 (2.83%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.89%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.94%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.94%) Metadata
6 1 (0.94%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.94%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 13 (12.26%) Git
2 7 (6.60%) JIRA
General
1 57 (53.77%) Social Skills
2 12 (11.32%) Analytical Skills
2 12 (11.32%) Multimedia
3 11 (10.38%) French Language
4 10 (9.43%) Organisational Skills
5 9 (8.49%) Manufacturing
6 8 (7.55%) Telecoms
7 7 (6.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (3.77%) Legal
8 4 (3.77%) Swedish Language
9 3 (2.83%) Finance
9 3 (2.83%) Public Sector
10 2 (1.89%) Military
10 2 (1.89%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.94%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.94%) Automotive
11 1 (0.94%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 38 (35.85%) Analyst
2 29 (27.36%) IT Support
3 20 (18.87%) Support Analyst
4 13 (12.26%) IT Analyst
4 13 (12.26%) IT Support Analyst
4 13 (12.26%) Service Analyst
4 13 (12.26%) Service Desk Analyst
4 13 (12.26%) Support Technician
5 12 (11.32%) Trainee
6 9 (8.49%) Developer
7 8 (7.55%) 1st Line Support
7 8 (7.55%) Administrator
8 7 (6.60%) 1st Line Support Technician
8 7 (6.60%) 1st/2nd Line Support
8 7 (6.60%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
8 7 (6.60%) 2nd Line Support
8 7 (6.60%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
8 7 (6.60%) Senior
8 7 (6.60%) Service Desk Team Leader
8 7 (6.60%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (11.32%) CSS
1 12 (11.32%) HTML
2 6 (5.66%) .NET
3 5 (4.72%) React
4 3 (2.83%) ASP.NET
5 2 (1.89%) ASP.NET MVC
5 2 (1.89%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.66%) Driving Licence
2 3 (2.83%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (2.83%) Cloud Native
2 3 (2.83%) Data Centre
2 3 (2.83%) Distributed Systems
2 3 (2.83%) N-Tier
2 3 (2.83%) Smartphone
3 2 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (1.89%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (0.94%) Algorithms
4 1 (0.94%) Data Structures
4 1 (0.94%) PKI
4 1 (0.94%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (0.94%) Security Posture
4 1 (0.94%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 31 (29.25%) Windows
2 13 (12.26%) Windows Server
3 9 (8.49%) Android
4 7 (6.60%) Mac OS
5 6 (5.66%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (3.77%) Linux
6 4 (3.77%) Windows 10
7 2 (1.89%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.94%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.94%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (33.96%) Problem-Solving
2 32 (30.19%) Customer Service
3 21 (19.81%) ITSM
4 18 (16.98%) ITIL
5 15 (14.15%) Mentoring
6 14 (13.21%) Continuous Improvement
7 13 (12.26%) Performance Metrics
8 12 (11.32%) Computer Science
9 11 (10.38%) Cybersecurity
10 10 (9.43%) Coaching
11 7 (6.60%) Analytics
11 7 (6.60%) Conflict Resolution
11 7 (6.60%) CRM
11 7 (6.60%) Disaster Recovery
11 7 (6.60%) Knowledge Management
11 7 (6.60%) Service Management
11 7 (6.60%) Web Development
12 6 (5.66%) Software Engineering
13 5 (4.72%) Agile
13 5 (4.72%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 15 (14.15%) Python
2 13 (12.26%) JavaScript
3 12 (11.32%) SQL
4 7 (6.60%) R
5 6 (5.66%) C#
6 4 (3.77%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 3 (2.83%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.94%) C
Qualifications
1 49 (46.23%) Degree
2 32 (30.19%) MCSE
3 25 (23.58%) AWS Certification
4 21 (19.81%) A+ Certification
5 18 (16.98%) Azure Certification
6 15 (14.15%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 12 (11.32%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 7 (6.60%) Security Cleared
9 6 (5.66%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (5.66%) DBS Check
10 5 (4.72%) CCNA
10 5 (4.72%) HNC
10 5 (4.72%) SC Cleared
11 4 (3.77%) Network+ Certification
12 3 (2.83%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (2.83%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (2.83%) DV Cleared
12 3 (2.83%) MCSA
13 2 (1.89%) CISSP
13 2 (1.89%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (13.21%) QA
2 5 (4.72%) GDPR
3 2 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.89%) NIST
4 1 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.94%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.94%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.94%) NIST 800
4 1 (0.94%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 25 (23.58%) Active Directory
2 9 (8.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (7.55%) Hyper-V
4 5 (4.72%) XenApp
5 1 (0.94%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.94%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 3 (2.83%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (2.83%) WSUS
2 2 (1.89%) Nessus
3 1 (0.94%) QRadar
Vendors
1 100 (94.34%) Microsoft
2 14 (13.21%) ServiceNow
3 13 (12.26%) VMware
4 8 (7.55%) Apple
5 6 (5.66%) Citrix
6 5 (4.72%) Dell
7 4 (3.77%) Cisco
7 4 (3.77%) Oracle
8 3 (2.83%) HubSpot
9 2 (1.89%) Adobe
9 2 (1.89%) Draytek
9 2 (1.89%) Fortinet
9 2 (1.89%) Google
9 2 (1.89%) Juniper
9 2 (1.89%) SonicWALL
9 2 (1.89%) Veeam
9 2 (1.89%) WatchGuard
10 1 (0.94%) CheckPoint
10 1 (0.94%) HP
10 1 (0.94%) Mitel